Taxpayers face €14m e-voting storage bill

THE e-voting fiasco is set to cost taxpayers another €14 million, on top of the €52m already wasted on the failed initiative, TDs warned yesterday.

With the bill for storing the mothballed poll machines running at €696,000 a year, deputies from across the political spectrum demanded the Government cut its losses and scrap the equipment.

Members of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) expressed concern that with little prospect of the system being used at the next general election, and a life-span of around 20 years, the final cost of storing the machines could top €14m.